Greg Selinger, Premier Minister of Manitoba and champion of education for sustainable development
“We believe ESD will help us move towards our goal of being one of the most sustainable places to live on earth.”

A panelist at the UNESCO side-event “Educating for a Sustainable Future” at Rio+20
Greg Selinger, Premier of Manitoba, is a prominent champion of education for sustainable development (ESD).

In Canada, legal responsibility for education is granted to the provinces. Manitoba is currently the only province in Canada which has sustainable development as part of the Education Department’s mission and vision statement. This has a direct impact on over 200,000 students and their families. The Manitoba ESD initiative is linked to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which UNESCO leads. Read the interview